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I have listened to and studied as many of the great guitarists as I could wrap my hands and brain around. I have met a good number of them. I’ve even performed with several. There is but one, however, that I ever wrote a song about.

Poster courtesy of Carl Apter

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Now that Thanksgiving is past radio stations and playlists everywhere are ramping up the Christmas tunes. Everything from “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Blue Christmas” to “Joy To The World” and “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” fill the airwaves. These songs conjure up images of good times, joyful times, and times when we miss the ones we love.

One Christmas standard has b...

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Pierre Lacocque’s name and accent telegraph the biography of a man very different from the artists he plays with. In some ways he is the most unlikely Chicago Blues bandleader imaginable. He was born in Belgium, has lived in France and has a Ph. D in philosophy.

On the other hand, his band Mississippi Heat has been on Delma...

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Three-time Grammy-nominated blues master Eric Bibb has unveiled the latest single from his forthcoming album, One Mississippi, set for a worldwide release on January 30, 2026 via Repute Records. Titled “If You’re Free,” the track underscores Bibb’s gift for pairing musical warmth with the warmth of his heart and a keen social conscience.

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A chump is someone who can be easily victimized–a loser, an easy dupe, or a mark. Of course, even the wiliest man can become a chump when a woman is involved. As Blind (Arthur) Blake sings in “Chump Man Blues”:

I used to be a wise man but a woman made me a chump.

Chump may be derived from the Old Norse word kumba, which meant “block of wood,” and is con...

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